The Israeli government announced that hostages will be released on Sunday, without specifying when or their number. Three reception points have been set up on Israel's southern border with Gaza, at the Kerem Shalom and Eretz crossings, as well as at the one near Kibbutz Reim, a military official said. The captives will be taken care of by doctors.
According to sources close to Hamas, the first group of hostages released should include three Israeli women.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu demanded, Saturday evening, to receive the list of hostages to be released on Sunday before being able to proceed with the first exchange of prisoners. Israel designated 95 Palestinian detainees for release on Sunday, the majority women and minors, most of them arrested after October 7, 2023. Their release will take place after 4 p.m. local time (3 p.m. Paris time), according to the authorities.
Among the prisoners expected to be released is Zakaria Zubeidi, responsible for anti-Israeli attacks and former local leader of the armed wing of Fatah, arrested and imprisoned in 2019.
-Two Franco-Israelis, Ofer Kalderon, 54, and Ohad Yahalomi, 50, are among the 33 hostages who can be released, according to Paris. They were kidnapped from Kibbutz Nir Oz along with several of their children, released during an initial one-week truce in November 2023.
“When they cross the border [de Gaza] and they will be reunited with their families, then maybe we can breathe again.”Shahar Mor Zahiro, nephew of one of the dead hostages, told Agence France-Presse on Saturday evening during a demonstration in Tel Aviv.
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